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Toyota Recognizes MetoKote Corp.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

For the second year in a row, protective-coatings supplier MetoKote Corp., Lima, OH, received Toyota’s Quality Performance Achievement Certificate for its San Antonio, TX facility, located in the Toyota Manufacturing Park. The award recognizes suppliers that surpass Toyota’s PPM quality requirements. The San Antonio electrocoating facility achieved a zero PPM on Tier One Toyota business for all of 2013, as it did in 2012; www.metokote.com/.

Recognition All Around for Jagemann Stamping

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

In May, the U.S. Small Business Administration honored winners of its 2014 Small Business Person of the Year in the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. Among the winners: Thomas Jagemann and Ralph Hardt, executives with Jagemann Stamping Co., Manitowoc, WI. The recognition comes on the heels of the company earning the 2013 Small Business Achievement Award from Wisconsin Business Development; www.jagemann.com/.

Solar Atmospheres Earns Inspection Certification

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Vacuum heattreater Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, PA, has renewed its nondestructive-testing certification covering fluorescent-liquid-penetrant inspection, used to look for cracks immediately following heattreating. The firm, which also operates plants in Fontana, CA, and Souderton, PA, reportedly houses the world’s largest commercial vacuum furnace (80 by 60 by 432 in.); www.solaratm.com/.